69,49€
approx. £57.67
/20 Revista de Vinhos
Robert Parker, tasting note published in May 26th 2021
Robert Parker, 97 Points: The 2019 Vintage Port is a field blend aged for 18 months in old wood vats. It was bottled May 4, 2021, and has 100 grams of residual sugar. It was in bottle only a bit more than two months when tasted, but it seems quite brilliant, even so. Very concentrated, it adds controlled power and coats the palate. Tasted with some other 2019s, this certainly stood out for both concentration and power. It touches all the bases in terms of expressive fruit and structure, finishing dry and seriously. It seemed balanced enough to drink young, but that would be a mistake. For one thing, it steadily tightened as it aired out. It also increasingly showed gorgeous eucalyptus-laced aromatics. Two days later, it was notably more astringent. Four days later, it was very firm on the finish and better overall. In fact, that was a far better showing than on day one. This is plainly built for the long haul. I would expect nothing less from a fine Noval Vintage Port. It became more focused and precise as well. This needs the rest of this decade, at least, in the cellar to show better. Then it will develop well for decades and hold indefinitely. Frankly, it won't show everything it has in even 10 years, where I have the "start drinking" window, so if you have a lot more patience, that would be useful. It will be more interesting around 2035-2040. This is a powerful beauty, well justifying Noval's tendency to declare most every year.
The grapes were placed in a small traditional lagar in the Quinta and foot treading was carried out by a group of 6 men for 3 hours. Fermentation took place under controlled temperatures between 25º and 28ºC. The Vintage Nacional was aged for 18 months in old casks before bottling in the air-conditioned warehouses of the Quinta in the Douro Valley Demarcated Region.
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 105789
The property, with 145 hectares dominating the Pinhão Valley, is the soul and essence of Quinta do Noval. The soil is essentially composed of schist rock, making all vineyard work particularly difficult. Quinta do Noval replanted, since 1994, 100 hectares of vineyard with the noblest grape varieties of the Douro region, adapting pruning methods to the typology of the plots. The plots were replanted in batches of a single variety, each one chosen according to the characteristics of each parcel of land: altitude, sun exposure, and vine planting type.
Today, plots planted with mixed grape varieties are progressively disappearing from the Douro Valley. Noval was a pioneer in this trend, being the first to replant vineyards while conserving intact the magnificent traditional terraces with their walls of schist stone.
Quinta do Noval is the only historic Port wine shipper to bear the name of its estate. The identity of Quinta do Noval is rooted in its terroir.
The consistency of style of Quinta do Noval’s Vintage Ports over the decades is one of the particularities of Quinta do Noval in the world of Port. Consistency simply because all Vintage Ports come from a single vineyard, a magical place.
The place is so beautiful, so remarkable, that the idea of being part of something greater than us, that existed before us, and will exist after us, is always present. The notion of continuity is fundamental: our obligation to the past, our responsibility in the present for the vineyard and its wines, and our obligations to future generations who will tend the vineyard and produce wine as we do today.
Quinta do Noval Vinhos, S.A.
Av. Diogo Leite, 256
4400-111 Vila Nova de Gaia
Portugal
